Sydney Film Festival

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Lonesome Writer/Director Craig Boreham Talks About Making a Queer Film for Queer Audiences, the Appeal of Cowboys, and More in This Interview

Lonesome Writer/Director Craig Boreham Talks About Making a Queer Film for Queer Audiences, the Appeal of Cowboys, and More in This Interview

Writer/Director Craig Boreham is one of the leading filmmakers working in Australian queer cinema right now. His 2016 film Teenage Kicks echoed the work of Ana Kokkinos’s Head On, with Miles Szanto’s…

Warrawong... the windy place on the hill Director Simon Target Talks Filming Isolation, Capturing the Stillness of Remote Australia and More in This Interview

Warrawong... the windy place on the hill Director Simon Target Talks Filming Isolation, Capturing the Stillness of Remote Australia and More in This Interview

Director Simon Target heads to the country with his latest film, Warrawong… the windy place on the hill, and explores the notion of what life on a farm is like in modern Australia. Following Sue and B…

Keep Stepping Director Luke Cornish Talks About His Path from Editing Dora the Explorer Promos to Making a Documentary About Street Dancing in This Interview

Keep Stepping Director Luke Cornish Talks About His Path from Editing Dora the Explorer Promos to Making a Documentary About Street Dancing in This Interview

Through his work as a director, Luke Cornish shows a growing curiosity and interest in the world around him, making his interest in the street dance scene in Sydney the perfect subject for his feature…

Sissy Directors Hannah Barlow and Kane Senes Talk About #Influencer Horror-Comedy, Gory Practical Effects and More in This Interview

Sissy Directors Hannah Barlow and Kane Senes Talk About #Influencer Horror-Comedy, Gory Practical Effects and More in This Interview

It’s every filmmakers dream to have their film screened at the prestigious South By South West film festival in Austin, Texas, and that honour is doubled when your film is a horror film and gets a lat…

Sydney Film Festival Screenability Festival Programmer Rebecca McCormack Talks About Disability on Screen, Authentic Representation, and More in This Interview

Sydney Film Festival Screenability Festival Programmer Rebecca McCormack Talks About Disability on Screen, Authentic Representation, and More in This Interview

Screenability is the Sydney Film Festivals inclusive program that places people with disability at the center of the narrative and boosts the participation of underrepresented groups in the screen ind…

Blind Ambition and Beautiful Minds Lead the Sydney Film Festival Audience Award Winners

The 68th Sydney Film Festival wrapped on Sunday 14 November with the Australian Premiere of Wes Anderson’s comedy-drama The French Dispatch at the State Theatre. Today the Festival announced the Audi…

Kylie Bracknell Talks Creating Fist of Fury Noongar Daa, Working with Perth Festival, and Saving Endangered Languages in This Interview

Kylie Bracknell Talks Creating Fist of Fury Noongar Daa, Working with Perth Festival, and Saving Endangered Languages in This Interview

Kylie Bracknell’s (Kaarljilba Kaardn) work to strengthen and raise the awareness of Australia’s Indigenous languages has led to the creation of some of the most exciting film and live theatre performa…